A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Liturgical: Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:19-25
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: —St. Martina (d. 228) who was a Roman virgin born of an illustrious family. Both of her parents died while she was very young. She distributed among the poor the immense wealth which she inherited and so laid up for herself unfailing treasures in heaven. With great constancy she refused to offer sacrifices to false gods. She was tortured in various inhuman ways, she was exposed to the attacks of beasts in the amphitheater, and was finally beheaded about the year 228.
—St. Bathildes (630-680) is also commemorated today. She was the wife of Clovis II, King of the Franks. She was Queen of the Franks and Abbess of Chelles. She died as a nun on January 30, 679 in Chelles, Seine Et Marne, France.
Human: Funds were approved to purchase Thomas Jefferson’s library in order to rebuild the Library of Congress, which had been destroyed by the British during the War of 1812 – 1815
Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany – 1933
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: Solar Cycle 25: The Sun Has Officially Reached the Peak of Its 11-Year Cycle
Italian: Despota (tyrant / despot)
Quote: "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." -Robert Frost
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